The United States and Iran appear to be closing in on a deal to end the war and open the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that negotiations are “proceeding nicely,” while reiterating his warning that fighting would resume if no deal is reached.
Samy Magdy, Darlene Superville and Cara Anna, Associated Press
There is a new place to honor veterans in Howard County at the Vivian C. “Millie” Bailey Park in downtown Columbia. After a decade of planning, designing and building, the Howard County Veterans and Military Families Monument is now open.
Memorial Day is a U.S. holiday that is officially about mourning the nation’s fallen service members, but it has come to signal the unofficial start of summer and a long weekend of travel and discounts on anything from mattresses to lawn mowers.
Pope Leo XIV made a historic apology on Monday for the role the Holy See played in legitimizing slavery and for having failed to condemn it for centuries, calling the Vatican’s record a “wound in Christian memory.”
Nicole Winfield and Paolo Santalucia, Associated Press
COLUMN | Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and his family want you to take a road trip this summer. With gas prices as they are, that might have to be on foot.
This summer marks 10 years since Silver Spring's Elizabeth Hargrave first pitched to publishers a birding-inspired game she’d dreamt up. That concept became Wingspan, an instant award-winner that took off internationally.